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P1. Other Identifier:
*P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County
*b. USGS 7.5’ Quad Date:
*c. Address 914-914½ North Lacy Street City Santa Ana Zip 92701
*e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number: 398-031-10 Santa Ana East Lot: 23 Block: 84 (and Lot: 24 BLK 84
Homeowner Claimant is Orozco, Maricela
*P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.)
This 1925 bungalow does not easily fit into any stylistic category, although its roof treatment, materials, and fenestration
suggest the influence of the Craftsman style. A pair of front gables, one larger than the other, intersect the gable roof.
Narrow clapboard sheathes the house, pierced by triangular vents filled with vertical laths in the gable ends. Centered
beneath the north gable, a broad, tripartite window consists of a large fixed window flanked by double-hung sidelights. A
smaller pair of windows occupy the south bay. Windows in the remainder of the house are mostly paired, double-hung sash.
Recessed between the two gabled projections, a central porch features a French door with ten-light sidelights. A building at
the rear of the property, 914½ North Lacy Street, was originally a detached garage when constructed in 1923, then converted
into a single family dwelling in 1946. Additionally, a “bird house” erected on the northwest corner of the property in 1924 no
longer exists. A non-original chain link fence encloses the property.
*P3b. Resource Attributes: (list attributes and codes) HP2. Single-family Property
*P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other
P5b. Photo: (view and date)
East elevation
March 2002
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and
Sources: historic
1925 (main house)/ Source: City of
Santa Ana Building permit.
1923 (garage house)/Source: City of
Santa Ana Building permit.
*P7. Owner and Address:
Jorge and Maricela Orozco
914 North Lacy Street
Santa Ana, CA 92701
*P8. Recorded by:
Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi
SAIC
35 S. Raymond Ave. # 204
Pasadena, CA 91105
*P9. Date Recorded:
April 1, 2002
*P10. Survey Type:
Intensive Survey Update
*P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter “none”)
Les, Kathleen. “Historic Resources Inventory French Park District,” September 1979.
Marsh, Diann. “French Park Historic District.” National Register Nomination Form, February 1998.
*Attachments: None Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record
Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record
Artifact Record Photograph Record Other (list)
DPR 523A (1/95) *Required information
P5a. Photo
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BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD
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*Resource Name or #: Dierker Houses
B1. Historic Name: Dierker Houses
B2. Common Name: Same
B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence
*B5. Architectural Style: Bungalow/Craftsman
*B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations):
August, 1923. Garage house. October 21, 1924. Bird house.
December 8, 1925. Residence. December 16, 1946. Convert existing detached
October 3, 1983. Reroof. garage into single family dwelling.
June 16, 1998. Bring to code and legalize patio cover (914 N. Lacy St.).
April 17, 2001. Partial reroof. Remove and apply torch down to flat area only (914 N. Lacy St.).
April 17, 2001. Reroof. Remove wood shake and apply composition shingles (914½ N. Lacy St.).
*B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date:__________ Original Location:_____________________________
*B8. Related Features:
None.
B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Fred Dierker (attributed)
*B10. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area Santa Ana
Period of Significance: circa 1880-1946 Property Type: Single-family Residence Applicable Criteria: C
(Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity)
The Dierker Houses are examples of the vernacular interpretation of the late Craftsman style as applied to a small house and
a garage in the mid-1920s. They are also important as contributors to the French Park Historic District. Building contractor
Fred Dierker and his wife Harriet constructed three buildings on the property between 1923 and 1925. The main house (914)
was actually constructed two years after Mr. Dierker built a “garage house” (914½), and one year after he erected an aviary
(no longer extant). A lover of flowers and birds, the aviary and gardens became the “Peter Pan Gardens” from which Mr.
Dierker sold birds and pet supplies. Harriet died in 1929; Fred married Anne Lieberman in 1934. Anne died in the house fifty
years later, in 1984 (Marsh, 1998).
(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 3.)
B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes)
*B12. References:
City of Santa Ana Building Permits
Santa Ana History Room Collection, Santa Ana Public Library
Sanborn Maps
(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 3.)
B13. Remarks:
*B14. Evaluator: Leslie J. Heumann
*Date of Evaluation: April 1, 2002
DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information
Sketch Map
(This space reserved for official comments.)
Dierker House
914 - 914 ½ North Lacy Street
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*Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi, SAIC *Date April 1, 2002 ⌧ Continuation Update
DPR 523L
*B10. Significance (continued):
Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon in 1869 as a speculative town site on part of the Spanish land grant known as
Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. In 1877, Spurgeon, along with James McFadden and James Fruit, formed the Western
Development Company with the intention of bringing the Southern Pacific Railroad from its then terminus in Anaheim into
Santa Ana. Thinking to capitalize on commercial growth around the railroad, the partners purchased 160 acres adjacent to
the eastern city boundary at French Street. Although they were successful in luring the Southern Pacific to a new depot on
Fruit Street in Santa Ana in 1878, the expected commercial development of “Santa Ana East” never materialized. Early
growth and development of the town continued to be centered further west around Fourth and Main Streets, with the result
that the legacy of Santa Ana East is an angled street plan whose intersection with the original city is marked by a small,
triangular parcel, developed in the 1890s as Flatiron Park, now known as French Park. Santa Ana continued to grow,
stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad in 1886. Following its incorporation as a city in 1886, Santa Ana was
recognized as one of the leading communities in the area in 1889 when it became the seat of the newly created County of
Orange.
Beginning in the 1880s and continuing well into the twentieth century, the area around the park began to be developed with
many of the finest homes in Santa Ana. Examples of Victorian era, turn of the century, and Craftsman homes were built along
the tree-lined streets. By the 1920s, most streets in the neighborhood were fully developed, although a few revival styled
single family homes and duplexes were built during the 1920s, and a handful of apartments constructed in the 1930s. From
the nineteenth century onwards, residents were a “Who’s Who” of early Santa Ana, and included bankers, attorneys, doctors,
businessmen, ranchers, teachers and others active in the civic and social life of the city.
Once known as the “Nob Hill” of Santa Ana, French Park declined in the 1940s and 1950s as some homes were converted
into rooming houses and others were allowed to deteriorate. In the 1960s and 1970s some houses were demolished and the
properties redeveloped with multi-family housing. However, a grass roots preservation effort begun in the late 1970s led to
the establishment of a local historic district in 1984 and the listing of the neighborhood in the National Register of Historic
Places in 1999.
The Dierker Houses were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as contributors to the French Park Historic
District. They are therefore listed in the California Register of Historical Resources and are located within the boundaries of
the locally designated historic district. They also qualify for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under
Criterion 1 as representative examples of the late Craftsman style. Additionally, the houses have been categorized as
“Contributive” because they are “good examples” of the late Craftsman style and “have not been substantially altered.”
Characteristic Craftsman features include gables and prominent front window treatment. Character-defining exterior features
of the Dierker Houses that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: materials (wood) and finishes (siding);
roof configuration and detailing; massing; porch layout; windows (including surrounds); and architectural details such as lath
vents.
*B12. References (continued):
Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998.
Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana, An Illustrated History. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994.
McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
National Register Bulletin 16A. “How to Complete the National Register Registration Form.” Washington DC: National
Register Branch, National Park Service, US Dept. of the Interior, 1991.
Office of Historic Preservation. “Instructions for Recording Historical Resources.” Sacramento: March 1995.
Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969.
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*Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi, SAIC *Date April 1, 2002 ⌧ Continuation Update
DPR 523L
(Garage conversion into single family dwelling at rear of property)